The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/TBL

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past consists of two TBL files: one for the in-game text, and another for the end credits. Due to space constraints, the original programmers at Nintendo encoded several frequently-occurring multicharacter syllables into unibyte storage format (i.e. "90" codes for the entire word "and"). Incidently, these syllables can be altered by editing the relevant portion of the ROM.

Text Locations

• $471951: Credits

• $477648: Special Syllables

• $483648: Text Block 1

• $918039: Text Block 2

Main Game Text TBL

00=A

01=B

02=C

03=D

04=E

05=F

06=G

07=H

08=I

09=J

0A=K

0B=L

0C=M

0D=N

0E=O

0F=P

10=Q

11=R

12=S

13=T

14=U

15=V

16=W

17=X

18=Y

19=Z

1A=a

1B=b

1C=c

1D=d

1E=e

1F=f

20=g

21=h

22=i

23=j

24=k

25=l

26=m

27=n

28=o

29=p

2A=q

2B=r

2C=s

2D=t

2E=u

2F=v

30=w

31=x

32=y

33=z

34=0

35=1

36=2

37=3

38=4

39=5

3A=6

3B=7

3C=8

3D=9

3E=!

3F=?

40=-

41=.

42=,

43=...

44=

45=(

46=)

47=|\|

48=|\|

49=|\|

4A=|\|

4B=|\|

4C=~

4D=N

4E=S

4F=W

50=E

51='

59=_

5A=<

5B=A

5C=B

5D=X

5E=Y

5F=|

60=|\|

61=!

6A=|HERO|

70=

71=

72=

73=[line break-general]

74=

75=[1st line break-1st paragraph]

76=[2nd line break-1st paragraph]

77=

78=

79=

7A=

7B=

7C=

7D=

7E=[preceeds "73" for new paragraph]

7F=[hard break/LEAVE ALONE!]

8A=

8B='s_

8C=and_

8D=are_

8E=all_

8F=ain

90=and

91=at_

92=ast

93=an

94=at

95=ble

96=ba

97=be

98=bo

99=can_

9A=che

9B=com

9C=ck

9D=des

9E=di

9F=do

A0=en_

A1=er_

A2=ear

A3=ent

A4=ed_

A5=en

A6=er

A7=ev

A8=for

A9=fro

AA=give_

AB=get

AC=go

AD=have

AE=has

AF=her

B0=hi

B1=ha

B2=ight_

B3=ing_

B4=in

B5=is

B6=it

B7=just

B8=know

B9=ly_

BA=la

BB=lo

BC=man

BD=ma

BE=me

BF=mu

C0=n't_

C1=non

C2=not

C3=open

C4=ound

C5=out_

C6=of

C7=on

C8=or

C9=per

CA=ple

CB=pow

CC=pro

CD=re_

CE=re

CF=some

D0=se

D1=sh

D2=so

D3=st

D4=ter_

D5=thin

D6=ter

D7=tha

D8=the

D9=thi

DA=to

DB=tr

DC=up

DD=ver

DE=with

DF=wa

E0=we

E1=wh

E2=wi

E3=you

E4=Her

E5=Tha

E6=The

E7=Thi

E8=You

End Credits TBL

00=A

01=B

02=C

03=D

04=E

05=F

06=G

07=H

08=I

09=J

0A=K

0B=L

0C=M

0D=N

0E=O

0F=P

10=Q

11=R

12=S

13=T

14=U

15=V

16=W

17=X

18=Y

19=Z

1A=a

1B=b

1C=c

1D=d

1E=e

1F=f

20=g

21=h

22=i

23=j

24=k

25=l

26=m

27=n

28=o

29=p

2A=q

2B=r

2C=s

2D=t

2E=u

2F=v

30=w

31=x

32=y

33=z

35='

36=-

37=,

5D=a

5E=b

5F=c

60=d

61=e

62=f

63=g

64=h

65=i

66=j

67=k

68=l

69=m

6A=n

6B=o

6C=p

6D=q

6E=r

6F=s

70=t

71=u

72=v

73=w

74=x

75=y

76=z

77='

79=0

7A=1

7B=2

7C=3

7D=4

7E=5

7F=6

80=7

81=8

82=9

83=a

84=b

85=c

86=d

87=e

88=f

89=g

8A=h

8B=i

8C=j

8D=k

8E=l

8F=m

90=n

91=o

92=p

93=q

94=r

95=s

96=t

97=u

98=v

99=w

9A=x

9B=y

9C=z

9D='

9F=